New Notes for a new year

The January edition of Notes from the Horn Book is on its way to subscribers! This month’s newsletter features Building Our House author/illustrator (and 2008 BGHB Picture Book Award winner) Jonathan Bean. What else have we got in store for you?

– more books on building for primary readers
– picture books starring dogs and puppies
– nonfiction apps for middle graders and up
– YA sci-fi and fantasy sequels

and, of course, words of wisdom from editor in chief Roger Sutton.

Subscribe here to receive Notes from the Horn Book in your inbox. Subscribers also receive the new quarterly supplement Nonfiction Notes; sign up now to get the next issue on January 30th. Browse the Notes archives for more recommended books and author/illustrator interviews.

Katie Bircher, assistant editor at The Horn Book, Inc., is a former bookseller and holds an MA in children's literature from Simmons College.

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